Australian audiences will get to see Russell T. Davies’ new show Tip Toe just days after it airs in the UK.
The upcoming British show is the fourth drama Davies has set in Manchester’s gay scene following Queer as Folk, Bob and Rose, and the dual stories of Cucumber and Banana. The new story will star Alan Cumming and David Morrissey.
The show makes its debut on 31 May, and it’ll begin airing in Australia on 2 June.
In the five-part series, Cumming plays Leo, the funny and dynamic owner of a bar called Spit & Polish in Manchester’s gay village. Morrissey plays Clive, an unsmiling and troubled man who has lived with his teenage sons next-door to Leo for almost 15 years.
The two men find their lives unravelling amidst rising social tensions and gradually become deadly enemies.
Additional cast members for the new show include Pooky Quesnel, Jackson Connor, Joseph Evans, Elizabeth Berrington, Iz Hesketh, Shakeel Kimotho, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Paul Rhys, Charlie Condou, and Denise Welch.
Episodes 1 & 2 of Tip Toe will be available to stream on BINGE and Foxtel On Demand on 2 June. Episodes 3-5 will be available to stream on 9 June. Foxtel customers can watch the double episode premiere on Showcase 8:30pm on 2 June.
Check out the trailer.
